Speed Limit: 80. Who’s Ready?

Posted on Aug 22, 2020 in Safety | Comments Off on Speed Limit: 80. Who’s Ready?

We all do it anyway. With many Interstate speed limits at 70 miles per hour, it’s easy to push that to 75 or even 80 when cruising the vast spaces between cities. On a recent trip from Washington to Oregon, I had my cruise set at 75 and still got passed by cars that had to be going 85. Upon entering Oregon I experienced the pain of a sudden decrease to 65 and...

Still the Standard: 1968 Cadillac brochure

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 in Featured | 2 comments

Decades ago, before Cadillac’s ultimate goal was to out-BMW the Bavarians, this General Motors flagship division sought to offer Americans the utmost in luxury and effortless motoring. And in the late 1960s, they did this in great style. The 1968 Cadillac line featured some of the cleanest, most handsome interpretations of the stacked headlamp/sliver taillamp...

A Pause for IndyCar Champ Dan Wheldon

Posted on Aug 8, 2020 in Racing | Comments Off on A Pause for IndyCar Champ Dan Wheldon

It’s always difficult to choose a topic after such an intense weekend of auto-related news and events. Unfortunately, the biggest news this weekend was the tragic death of IndyCar champion Dan Wheldon, who died in a massive accident yesterday during the Las Vegas Indy 300. It makes other news and developments feel trivial, so I’d like to devote this post to the...

The 100 Year Wave

Posted on Aug 1, 2020 in Antique | Comments Off on The 100 Year Wave

“The times, they are a changin” was not just a song by Bob Dylan, it is a fact confirmed each day by the unrelenting advance of modern technology. As true as this statement is, it should be noted that as the times change, parts of the past disappear. During a recent conversation about music, I came to realize that many people under the age of 18 have never...